"McK" 1960-1969 Obituary

McKENZIE o@ca.on.grey_county.hanover.the_hanover_post 1962-01-31 published
Shoots Self In Mildmay Gaol
George WITTACKER, 42, of Kincardine was found shot to death in
the Mildmay lockup Saturday afternoon only a short time after
he had been taken into custody by Mildmay Police Chief Clayton
LOBSINGER.
A 22-calibre rifle was lying nearby. Authorities said that
WITTACKER
took his own life. There will be an inquest.
Earlier in the day Chief
LOBSINGER had received a telephone call
from Chief of Police Robert
McKENZIE of Kincardine asking the
Mildmay chief to detain
WITTACKER if he was found in that vicinity.
WITTACKER's estranged wife, the former Lyla
KAUFMAN, lives in
Mildmay.
Chief LOBSINGER later took
WITTAKER into custody, locked him
up, and telephoned Chief
McKENZIE.
When he returned from making
the phone call he found
WITTACKER dead.
"It makes me feel ill just to talk about it," said the chief.
"I never thought to check the man, because no one had indicated
he might be armed, and besides I had known him quite well."
A rifle had been taken from
WITTACKER on Thursday by the Kincardine
chief, and later it was reported that another had been stolen
on Friday night.
"He must have had it broken down," said Chief
LOBSINGER.
He said, too, that it had been discovered
WITTACKER had shot
himself in the shoulder last fall.
Dr. T.A. SINCLAIR of Walkerton, the coroner, ordered an inquest.
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